Meeuwessen

Derived from Sanskrit प्रदीप (pradipa) meaning “light, lantern”.

Means “right hand” in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a son of Simeon.

French form of Sebastianus (see Sebastian).

Meaning uncertain, possibly a Latinized form of a Germanic name derived from the elements hrod “fame” and wunn “joy, bliss”. According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, this was the name of a daughter of the Saxon chief Hengist. Alternatively, Geoffrey may have based it on a Welsh name. It was popularized by Sir Walter Scott, who used it for a character in his novel Ivanhoe (1819).

People with the name Gwres have a deep inner desire for travel and adventure, and want to set their own pace in life without being governed by tradition.